My beliefs

I believe by using new technology is a great idea. There is so much stuff we can offer our students. This would be the new way of learning and I think its great. Not only are we in the day of change but it will just keep getting better. During field the students had a computer to every two students.

Mrs. Gardner is a very respected teacher by her students. She allows free time to her students who finish their work early. One of things I was really surprised at was, how every two students share a Mac computer in her classroom. I was so impressed to think how far we have come with technology and how everything is dependent on computers now days in classrooms. All of the students assignments were on the computer, the teacher never had to print anything out. Everything was submitted online and graded in an instant. The teacher showed me so many different learning website’s that kids can go and play games and learn material by playing games.


My teacher promotes social skills by having collaborative learning. She requires group work and partner work. No one is left to be alone, which is good because you always have someone to lean on for help if you don’t understand something. She treats her 6th graders on a high maturity level and has high expectations for them to follow. She believes they should be respected and she should get respect back. She has rules for them to follow and expects them to be followed at all time. She states something and always follows through with what she says. The kids are motivated and willing to work hard because they know if they do everything they wont get homework for the night. They are motivated by others also because they have to share a computer with another student. So they both have to be reading and moving at the same pace in order to complete their assignments. I think overall their relationships with one another are very friendly and welcoming to each other. They don’t bully or make fun of each other, which is very pleasing for me to see. They manage their time very good and keep on working hard and are allowed free times on fun online sites when they complete their work. I felt like the overall emotion of the class was very motivated and hard workers that had a great instructor to guide them through what needed to be taught each day (core).